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Burt
----- Original Message -----
From: John Leigh
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 9:44 AM
Subject: [eppnet] Electronics Workshops -- experts, scholarships,
hotels Apologies for cross posting. Please forward
to potential attendees...
The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) has
assembled an impressive group of experts from around the country to deliver
training workshops later this month on the topic of Setting Up Electronics
Recycling/Reuse Programs. APPLICABLE TO COMMUNITIES ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.,
the workshops will take place in Schenectady, NY (just outside Albany) on
October 26 and Boston on November 7.
There is still room in both workshops for late
registrants and SCHOLARSHIPS ARE STILL AVAILABLE for municipal and county
officials (please call for details). The deadline for receiving a group
rate for sleeping at the Schenectady hotel is today, October 12. The
Boston location has been changed to the superb Marriott Long Wharf, on Boston
Harbor one block from historic Fanueil Hall. The group rate deadline for
sleeping accommodations in Boston is October 16.
To view the detailed agenda with speakers and hotel
information, or to register to attend a workshop, visit www.nerc.org or call 802-254-3636.
NERC has surveyed public collection programs across
the country to characterize how communities are collecting electronic equipment
and how much it is costing them. The results of this work will be
incorporated into the workshops and into a comprehensive training manual
provided to each workshop participant.
Sponsored by the US EPA, these workshops will
present a range of collection strategies, including their costs, challenges and
key features. Trainers will share information such as how to set
appropriate user fees, how program costs are impacted by various factors, and
what to look for in an electronics recycler. Participants will have plenty
of opportunity to focus on specific areas of interest, from one-day event
planning to long-term cooperative marketing. Demanufacturers and other
electronics vendors will be present to provide networking opportunities and
further know-how on this hot topic.
Who should attend?
- Governments seeking tools to manage growing amounts of used electronics - Recyclers and reuse organizations who want to make contact with sources of used electronics - Anyone who wants to know how communities across the U.S. collect electronics equipment and how much it costs them. Thank you,
--EPPNET, the Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Listserv sponsored by The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) For more information visit this list's webpage at http://www.nerc.org/eppnet.html or NERC's home page at http://www.nerc.org/ You are currently subscribed to eppnet as: [bhamner@cleanerproduction.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-eppnet-1034G@lilith.webrover.com |